River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-08-11
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

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retired, while the Others ransacked the
/ house. When all the booty the place
afforded had been secured the family was
7 forced 10 prepare supper for the parry and
Y an ate as II II was their first meal that day.
I They repaid this b. compelling their hostess
/ 70 drink up all e milk LETT in the pitcher.
Other similar ou,rages are reported and
worse ones. farmer named MurIel came
/ 70 town with the report that the gang Wis
/ lied his farm, killed, dressed and carried
away The larger part OF beef aud stole a
horse.
A wholesale murder was committed
Friday night near Macon, Georgia, Capt.
/ Richard WOolfalk. well known farmer,
/ his wife, six children and Mrs. West, an
/ aunt Of Mrs. WOOlfalk, being found muir
dered in the house Saturday morning,
/ having been knocked in the head and their
/ Threats cut Tom g.. WOOlfalk. son Of Capt.
1 Wooifaik by his first wife, is suspected Of
I the crime aud was arrested The prisoner
l was brought TO Macon and safely lodged in
I jail. where he talked of the crime cody,
I but made no admissions. His motive IS
said 10 he the desire 10 gain possession OF
I his fathers property for himself and two
sisters children of the first wife
First Assistant Postmaster General
Stevenson has accepted an invitation to
/ deliver the annual address at an agricul-
4 turaI fair Of the counties comprising the
I Fifth congressional district OF Illinois, TO be
I held at Woodstock. McHenry county. The
address will be delivered the 9th of
/ September next, and will be devoted 10 a
/ history Of the material progress of Illinois
I and the influence exerted by that state
upon the DEVELOPMENT of the great west.
/ The Chicago ..boodlers." a group of
/ Cook county commissioners aud other Off
+ cials, numbering eleven indicted for con-
spnacy 10 defraud The county through con
/ tracts for various supplies. we're all found
gully on Friday ard the Jury fixed the
penalty 81 two ye-IS IN The peuitentiary for
/ seven OF them. aud Si.Ocl hue for each of
Z the remaining our. Ire tril' was long and
eScI,jug and ere verd It : in harmony with
/ the pubic sentiment of Chicago.
\ Quincy. H.. dispatch Of The 81
saysJ. Albrecht, murderer, confined in jail
awaiting trial, committed suicide in his
/ cell by cutting his throat with a razor
I which he had stolen from an inmate of the
i jail. Albrecht Is the man who came from
/ jackson Miss, to XII his divorced vile aud
her husband, and in shooting at the
woman's husband be bit and killed young
Martin CurTier, a son of his wife by her
/ present husband.
At Baltimore. Md, sunday night,
Charles Hopkins. arrayed himself as a
ghost to scare party of workmen in a
brickyard All but one fed. and be called
/ on the ghost 10 halt: not being oheyed he
fired pistol, and the spectre uttered yell
and fell to the ground the ball Faving
entered the ghosts mouth and lodged
behind his ear. Hopkins was taken TO a
hospital, and the shooter arrested.
William Carson. deputy she'iif OF
Conejos county, Col, well known through.
ont the west as the eldest son of the lie
nowned Kit Carson. was murdered last
I Thursday 10y a Mexican named Vigil
I a notorious character. arson had war
rant for Nigi.5s arrest, and when he at
/ tempted To serve II was asked to read It
/ While doing this Vigil suatched a gun aud
/ clubbed Carson TO death.
The Virginia Democratic state con-
vention, held at Poanoke on the 9Th. pro
nouuced squarely in favor of the Riddle
4 berger plan Of adjusting the state debt
I endorsed the Cleveland administration. op-
posed the introduction OF foreign pauper
! labor, declared N favor Oi national aid 20
/ education without regard 10 color and in
/ favor Of liberal pensions 10 disabled
| soldiers.
At Eaton lpids. Mich. Saturday
night, Frank Clark was shot to death by
John Williams. Clark insisted on being in
troduced TO a young woman with whom
/ Williams attended the Salvation army
meeting. but being refused, he assaulted
/ iiliams and was shot. Both men are
members ofreSpectable families, and of gen
I orally quiet dispositions.
At Salt Lake City, Utah on he 2ud.
+ all the returns We're not in on the election,
but the Gentiles eject two. aud perhaps,
I threa members Of the council branch of the
[ legislature in "A total Il velve aud perhaps
1 four members OF the lower house ont of a
/ total Of twenty four. Ire Gentiles consider
/ this "A victory. 10 Is the Jest they have
/ ever been able to do.
Son bern Manitoba was visited bv a
/ terrific hail storm Saturday, which did
/ great damage 10 the crops. Some of the
I hail stones measured seven inches in cir
/ cunt renee. TIE injury 10 the wheat has
/ been very seve-e ana number of farmers
I viii not be able 10 real, the seed sown. So
complete was the destfuction
At Nashville. TcDu.. saturday even
ing. Green Foster and VIII Ferguson. two
| convici- in the state penite1tfat :. ana, feIed
I Owe. = cents in a game Of cartis aud Foster
i cot Ferguson IN Che ie s5de of the neck
Z wiiu q long kefe- TIE blow severed the
tell dead IN she conidot
Aus,in McGlenne1 was iailcdat Woos-
ter. d.. Thur -day for shooting at Matilda
/ WeI3rich. McCfeuueu. it is said. was in fatua-
I tel with thegi,I end because she refused q
le' him kiss her re fired five shots from a re
T volver ut her. Eve. : uI'et took effect, but
only flesh Wounds We're produced.
L. : Con-rl Frames Died at St.
1 Thomas, Ont ON the 9Th He was injured
I I'D The recent h. r.. accident at that place
+ and being wears OF age. he rallied slowly.
/ and ia the end did not have the vigor to
( reach restoration. He had been in consular
/ service twenty years.
At East Saa'paw. Mich, on the
: evening Of the Srd, fire destroyed the Owen
saw mill aud salt block. with 5000 bar. els of
I salt. the drill houses aJOi.O0O feet Of lum
/ her, blacksmith shop and three salt drill
/ houses involving a loss of Sl51,CJ0, with an
insurance of 5000.
\ collision Of Two freight trains oc-
CURED Thursday on the Burlington q Mis-
{ souri, river road between North Bend and
/ Ashland. Neb. Both engines and l3 cars
I were thrown over the emhankmeut into the
/ North Platte river. Two tramps stealing a
I ride We're killed
August >. George W. Nelis. Jr.
arrived at San Francisco, Cal, from New
/ York, having made the trip on bicycle.
/ He started Nav =, lost fifteen DAYS by
/ rough weather and tweuty-three pounds in
weight He averaged fifty miles day.
Teas voted on the proposed consti-
/ tut;onai amendments on the 4th. The one
upon Prohibition was defeated, it is claimed
I bv 50.nlO majority, hut the fri nds f
/ the measure do not admit such figu ;,
/ though acknowledging defeat.
The baggagcmasier of the st. Loui
/ express train on the Newport News Mis-
sissippi Valley r. r., had his head cut Off
I by an accident that occurred to the train
/ Thursday afternoon. Several passengers
[ had minor injuries.
Justice Miller of the United States
I supreme court granted a stay of pro-
/ ceediugs in the ase of Maxwell sentenced
/ 20 be executed at II. Louis. Aug. %, for the
trunk murder Of his friend Preller.
Three lumber yards Win seven mil
I lion feet of lumber and sawmill property
/ two houses. stables. a large warehouse Of
{ general merchandise aud - cars OF grain
{ on track burned 10y jncendiary lire at Ey-
ausville- Ind, Aug. g, Loss s-G).CJ1, iusur-
ance $4,000.
Hundreds Of acres Of farm land have
been burned over in Manhattan township
near Joliet. his, owing to drouth. a good
deal Of timber Is ruined. All the creeks